Geoffrey Hinton and the moment you realize the future is no longer ours
Geoffrey Hinton talks about the future with a calm that makes you think, not with panic, not with spectacle, but with the tone of a man who has seen something that cannot be "unseen". He is not trying to scare anyone, but neither does he give you the impression that things are under control. It is the kind of calm that does not reassure, but makes you raise an eyebrow. He says that digital intelligence is no longer playing in our league and has no reason to do so. It does not get tired, does not forget, does not get angry, has no biological limits.
While we argue over the details, it learns in parallel, in silence, at a pace that we cannot match. Hinton is not talking about the apocalypse, but about a moment when we wake up and realize that we are no longer the dominant species in our own story, not because someone is attacking us, but because we simply can't keep up.
It's as if he were saying, "You guys are playing with fireworks, but I can already see the dynamite behind you." And yet, there is no fear in his voice, but a cold lucidity, of a man who knows that the train is coming, whether we are looking at the tracks or not. It's not a dramatic speech, it's not a theatrical warning. It's just reality stated simply: the game has changed, and we are still playing by the old rules. And maybe that's the part that should wake us up.
